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11. APPARATUS FOR ACCUMULATING KNIT ARTICLES IN LOTS OF VARIED LENGTHS WITH THE KNIT ARTICLES IN EACH INDIVIDUAL LOT BEING OF THE SAME LENGTH COMPRISING, MEANS DEFINING A PATH, A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE CARRIERS MOVABLE ALONG THE PATH, A MEASURING STATION ADJACENT THE PATH, AN ARTICLE STRIPPING AREA HAVING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE-STRIPPING STATIONS ARRANGED IN SERIES ALONG THE PATH, MEANS TO MOVE THE CARRIERS TO THE MEASURING STATION AND TO THE ARTICLESTRIPPING STATIONS IN SEQUENCE, MEANS AT THE MEASURING STATION TO DETERMINE THE LENGTHS OF KNIT ARTICLES ON THE CARRIERS, MEANS AT EACH ARTICLE-STRIPPING STATION TO STRIP MEASURED KNIT ARTICLES FROM THE CARRIERS, AND MEANS OPERATED BY THE LENGTH-DETERMINING MEANS UPON DETERMINATION OF AN ARTICLE LENGTH TO SELECT AND ARTICLE-STRIPPING STATION FOR STRIPPING OF THE MEASURED ARTICLE AND TO ACTIVATE THE ARTICLE-STRIPPING MEANS AT THE SELECTED STRIPPING STATION TO STRIP THE KNIT ARTICLE FROM THE CARRIER WHEN THE MEASURED KNIT ARTICLE ARRIVES AT THE SELECTED STRIPING STATION. 